There's so many ways to look at time
Time has taught me many ways
Spent my whole life out here chasin' dreams
The ones they said would make a change
One of these days I'll break these chains
'Cause they're only holding me down
It's not too late, I'm not afraid of the mess they make
I'm risin' up
I'm risin' up
No longer pullin' in me under
I'm got this hunger
It's in my blood (yeah)
I'm risin' up
I've had enough
No longer part of this system
This is my rythmn
It's in my blood
I'm risin', I'm risin'
Did you read the papers? They wrote myn ame in
Did you try to understand?
Ain't no shame to show the person within
'Cause I am who I am
One of these days I'll break these chains
'Cause they're only holdin' me down
And it's not too late, I'm not afraid of the mess they made
I'm risin' up
I'm risin' up
No longer pullin' me under
I'm got this hunger
It's in my blood (it's in my blood)
I'm risin' up
I've had enough
No longer part of this system
This is my rythmn
It's in my blood
I'm risin', I'm risin'
Well they said they couldn't raise me
But I knew how I was raised
Can you still see the real me?
Written on my face (I'm risin')
Fiend livin' on the concrete (I'm risin')
Can you still feel there's so much (I'm risin')
I knew that people change when I have it (I'm risin')
Just to get the satisfaction
Craving a reaction (I'm risin')
(I'm risin' up) I'm risin' up, I've had enough
I've had enough, no longer part of this system
This is my rythmn
It's in my blood (it's in my blood)
I'm risin', I'm risin'